Consumer Reports Findings are Fishy?
Everyone’s up in arms about Consumer Reports’ exposé on high mercury levels in canned tuna. Everyone in the government, that is.
Consumer Reports reports that they found higher mercury levels than predicted in canned light tuna, which supposedly has less than white tuna. The FDA stands by its earlier findings about mercury levels, and I’ve gotten email with quotes from other government officials trying to shout down the magazine’s findings.
Like most news stories about mercury levels, it’s hard to know who’s right. I note that the Center for Consumer Freedom, an uber-right-wing front organization for the food industry, also disagrees with the magazine. This makes me think that Consumer Reports is on to something.
The Consumer Reports article reiterates safety guidelines for mercury levels, but doesn’t add much to Nika Boyce’s earlier GnG post.
